Western Australian Current Acts

SENTENCING ACT 1995 - SECT 33B

33B .         PSO, nature of

        (1)         A PSO is an order that —

            (a)         the offender must appear before the court at the time and place specified in the PSO (the sentencing day ) to be sentenced for the offence or offences to which the PSO applies; and

            (b)         while the PSO is in force the offender must comply with —

                  (i)         the standard obligations in section 33D; and

                  (ii)         such of the primary requirements in section 33E as the court imposes; and

                  (iii)         any direction imposed under an electronic monitoring requirement under section 33HA.

        (2)         The sentencing day must not be more than 2 years after the date on which the PSO is made.

        (3)         A PSO —

            (a)         comes into force on the day it is made; and

            (b)         ceases to be in force on the sentencing day or when a court cancels it, whichever happens first.

        [Section 33B inserted: No. 50 of 2003 s. 6; amended: No. 30 of 2020 s. 15.]